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Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, says governor of giant Amazon state

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Apr 2012

Judge suspends Brazilian dam that would flood sacred waterfalls

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2012

Government policy contributes to huge drop in Amazon deforestation in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2012

Indigenous groups fight for recognition and illumination in Peru

Patrick Le Flufy 26 Mar 2012

Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2012

3 new private conservation reserves established by communities in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Mar 2012

Invasive primates threaten Atlantic Forest natives

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2012

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Katy Ashe 15 Mar 2012

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

Animal photos of the day: the most elusive bird in the world?

Jeremy Hance 12 Mar 2012

International Labor Organization raps Brazil over monster dam

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

Rally calls on Brazil President to veto new forest code

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

Innovative program seeks to safeguard Peruvian Amazon from impacts of Inter-Oceanic Highway

Ryan King 6 Mar 2012

World’s most toxic frog gets new reserve

Jeremy Hance 5 Mar 2012

Tourism for biodiversity in Tambopata

Ryan King 27 Feb 2012

Photo: new cookies-and-cream insect surprises researchers in Belize

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2012

Brazil’s plan to cut protected areas for dams faces constitutional challenge

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2012

‘Gold’ standard for REDD forest conservation project in Colombia’s Choco

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2012

Photo: new blue, red, yellow lizard discovered in the Andes

Jeremy Hance 13 Feb 2012

New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2012

Photos of the day: a celebration of wetlands (for World Wetlands Day)

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2012

Fungus from the Amazon devours plastic

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2012

Photo of the day: super-abundance of life found in Amazon park

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2012

Majority of Andes’ biodiversity hotspots remain unprotected

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2012

Group releases close-up photos of ‘uncontacted’ tribe in Peru

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2012

New meteorological theory argues that the world’s forests are rainmakers

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2012

Brazilian mining company connected to Belo Monte dam voted worst corporation

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2012

Saving the world’s biggest river otter

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

Picture of the day: the world’s largest bromeliad

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

Brazil begins preliminary damming of Xingu River as protests continue

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2012

Geology has split the Amazon into two distinct forests

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2012

Deforestation, climate change threaten the ecological resilience of the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jan 2012

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